- The New York Times has a sobering piece with a self-explanatory headline, "Homes Too Rich for Firefighters Who Save Them," about how high real estate values are in effect ghettoizing the middle class.
- CBS and the Christian Science Monitor team up to offer an analysis of McCain's new pitch to the far right.
- The Guardian takes a look at Iraqi detainees who have fallen into a black hole and can't be tracked through paperwork in coalition prisons.
- The New York Times recounts how the young officers are choosing to avoid re-enlistment in the Army, and what this means for the future.
- The fabled powerhouse, the Christian Coalition, has fallen into debt. So sad.
Sorry to leave you all stranded without an open thread for so long. Have at it on this fresh one.